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Filipino American Transnational Activism
Diasporic Politics among the Second Generation
Series: - Global Southeast Asian Diasporas, Volume: 1
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Filipino American Transnational Activism: Diasporic Politics among the Second Generation offers an account of how Filipinos born or raised in the United States often defy the multiple assimilationist agendas that attempt to shape their understandings of themselves. Despite conditions that might lead them to reject any kind of relationship to the Philippines in favor of a deep rootedness in the United States, many forge linkages to the âhomelandâ and are actively engaged in activism and social movements transnationally. Though it may well be true that most Filipino Americans have an ambivalent relationship to the Philippines, many of the chapters of this book show that other possibilities for belonging and imaginaries of âhomeâ are being crafted and pursued.
Filipino American Transnational Activism: Diasporic Politics among the Second Generation offers an account of how Filipinos born or raised in the United States often defy the multiple assimilationist agendas that attempt to shape their understandings of themselves. Despite conditions that might lead them to reject any kind of relationship to the Philippines in favor of a deep rootedness in the United States, many forge linkages to the âhomelandâ and are actively engaged in activism and social movements transnationally. Though it may well be true that most Filipino Americans have an ambivalent relationship to the Philippines, many of the chapters of this book show that other possibilities for belonging and imaginaries of âhomeâ are being crafted and pursued.
Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis and Founding Director of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies. She publishes widely on the Filipino migration, including Migrants for Export (U. Minnesota Press, 2010).
âAcknowledgements
âAbbreviations
âNotes on Contributors
âIntroduction
âRobyn Magalit Rodriguez
â1âBeing Filipino without the Philippines: Second-Generation Filipino American Ethnic Identification
âArmand Gutierrez
â2âBayan Ko (My Country): TheKDP and a Diasporic Vision of Filipino American Activism, 1972â1981
âJoy N. Sales
â3âThe Philippines Information Bulletin and the Transnational Anti-Marcos Press
âMark John Sanchez
â4âArtist as Citizen: Transnational Cultural Work in the National Democratic Movement of the Philippines
âRyan Leano
â5ââCenterwomenâ and the âFourth Shiftâ: Revolutionary Intimacies and a Study of Best Practices, 1972â1992
âKaren Buenavista Hanna
â6âPainting the Picture: Habi Arts and Collective Mural Making in the Los Angeles Area
âDarlene Marie âDayaâ Mortel Edouard
â7âThe Intertextuality of Triumphant Diaspora Return: Readings the Novels of R. Zamora Linmark
âL. Joyce Zapanta Mariano
â8âTranspacific Freedom Dreams: The Radical Legacy of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
âMichael Schulze-Oechtering CastanedaandWayne Jopanda
âConclusion
âIndex
âAbbreviations
âNotes on Contributors
âIntroduction
âRobyn Magalit Rodriguez
â1âBeing Filipino without the Philippines: Second-Generation Filipino American Ethnic Identification
âArmand Gutierrez
â2âBayan Ko (My Country): The
âJoy N. Sales
â3âThe Philippines Information Bulletin and the Transnational Anti-Marcos Press
âMark John Sanchez
â4âArtist as Citizen: Transnational Cultural Work in the National Democratic Movement of the Philippines
âRyan Leano
â5ââCenterwomenâ and the âFourth Shiftâ: Revolutionary Intimacies and a Study of Best Practices, 1972â1992
âKaren Buenavista Hanna
â6âPainting the Picture: Habi Arts and Collective Mural Making in the Los Angeles Area
âDarlene Marie âDayaâ Mortel Edouard
â7âThe Intertextuality of Triumphant Diaspora Return: Readings the Novels of R. Zamora Linmark
âL. Joyce Zapanta Mariano
â8âTranspacific Freedom Dreams: The Radical Legacy of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
âMichael Schulze-Oechtering CastanedaandWayne Jopanda
âConclusion
âIndex
Readers interested in the experience of second- and later generation Filipino-Americans particularly how their identities, politics and activism are oriented towards the Philippines.